“All of our energy is originally solar energy;” Harries and Héder write, “it created our world and fuels our activities.
For our future, it is a question of how we capture and use solar energy. The SunFlowers capture solar energy and play with sunlight, getting to
the heart of the matter. SunFlowers was initiated to mask loading docks from the view on I-35. Instead of merely mitigating the site, we made it
into an attraction and an important facility. We wanted to create something new and fitting for the Mueller Redevelopment and for the City of
Austin with sustainability and environmental stewardship as a priority."

The 15 SunFlowers that form the Electric Garden are sculptural solar collectors that generate solar energy to be used for lighting at night.
The additional energy that they produce is fed into the electrical grid. During the day they provide a shaded grove for a pedestrian path and
at night the LED’s in the SunFlowers’ stamens glow with blue light. The project includes a web component that monitors the generated power.